mains - militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism, militarism - euro powers built up large militaries and arms, leading to tension and readiness for war, alliances - triple alliance (germany, austria-hangary, italy) vs triple entente (britain, france, russia); turned regional conflict into world wide, imperialism - competition over colonies (africa+asia); led to higher global rivalries, nationalism - ethnic groups wanting independence; tensions in empires (austria-hangary, ottoman), assassination of archduke franz ferdinand - 1914, assassination was to.... - kill the hier to the astro-hungarian throne; sparked series of war declarations, political collapse of empires - ottoman, austro-hungarian, russian, german, treaty of versailles - blamed germany for ww1, gave reperations, redrew borders (cause for ww2), rise of nationalism+revolutions - russian revolution, revolts in asia+africa, economic turmoil - debt, inflation, global depression, league of nations - attempt at peace but did little without US, industrialization - mass production of weapons; made war more deadly+long, global shift in power - euro->US, change in womens roles - joined war industries; increased sufferage movements,

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